Purpose

Cyber threats are exploding. Individual institutions cannot prevent all attacks. Yet in today’s connected world, a paralyzing attack on even one institution that prevents customers from accessing their accounts could cause panic that infects the whole financial system.

Sheltered Harbor’s purpose is to protect customers, financial institutions, and public confidence in the financial system if a catastrophic event like a cyber attack causes an institution’s critical systems - including backups - to fail.

Who We Are

A not-for-profit subsidiary of FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center), the Sheltered Harbor organization is devoted to coordinating the development of the Sheltered Harbor standard, promoting adoption across the industry, supporting implementation, and ensuring adherence.

The standard is developed by working groups composed of hundreds of subject matter experts and industry professionals, primarily drawn from the ranks of Sheltered Harbor participants.

Participation is open to financial institutions of all sizes including banks, credit unions, brokerages, asset managers, industry associations, and service providers.

How We Work

Sheltered Harbor’s core team coordinates with hundreds of subject matter experts in our working groups. We're building an ecosystem to help participants implement the standard fast with global and national assurance and advisory firms and solution providers.

For banks and credit unions, Participant fees are determined based on both Participant's total US banking assets and Participant’s total US deposit accounts to more accurately reflect bank size. Below describes current fees applying at each level of Participant’s assets and accounts.

Annual Fee Assessment Schedule for Banks and Credit Unions

Assets

Accounts

Fee

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<$100MM

and

<10K

$250

OR

<$1B

and

<500K

$500

OR

>500K

$2,500

OR

$1B - $50B

and

<500K

$2,500

OR

>500K

$10,000

OR

>$50B

and

<1M

$10,000

OR

>1M

$25,000

OR

If your operations include brokerage and/or asset management accounts, please check those fee schedules as well, because you will pay a single fee based on the larger of the banking or brokerage or asset management fee calculation.

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Join as Brokerage

For securities firms, Participant fees are determined based on both client assets* and the number of clearing clients. The schedule below describes current fees applying at each level of Participant’s assets and accounts.

Annual Fee Assessment Schedule for Securities Firms

Client Assets*

Clearing Clients

Fee

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<$100MM

and

<1 (self clearer)

$2,500

OR

<$10B

and

<50

$5000

OR

50 - 100

$10,000

OR

$10B - $200B

and

<20

$10,000

OR

>20

$25,000

OR

>$200B

or

>100

$25,000

OR

* Including discretionary and non-discretionary assets

If your operations include banking and/or asset management accounts, please check those fee schedules as well, because you will pay a single fee based on the larger of the banking or brokerage or asset management fee calculation.

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Join as an Asset Manager

Participant fees or asset managers, transfer agents and recordkeepers are determined based on AUM or plan assets. The schedule below describes current fees applying at each level of Participant's AUM or plan assets.

AUM or Plan Assets

Fee

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<$20B

$2,500

OR

$20B - $50B

$5,000

OR

$50B - $200B

$15,000

OR

> $200B

$25,000

OR

If your operations include banking and/or brokerage accounts, please check those fee schedules as well, because you will pay a single fee based on the larger of the banking or brokerage or asset management fee calculation.

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Welcome to Sheltered Harbor

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Working Groups

Sheltered Harbor standards, best practices, and other materials are developed by collaborative working groups, composed of subject matter experts, mainly from Sheltered Harbor participant institutions and partners.

The working groups are highly active, meet often, and produce concrete deliverables. Therefore, joining is a real commitment. In return, members get to shape the development of the standard, build their own skills and expertise in various aspects of cyber resilience, and grow their professional networks through substantive work with peers around the country.

Current Working Groups:

Banking

Brokerage

GSIB

Technology

Adherence

Communications

Playbook and Logistics

If you are a participant interested in joining a working group, please contact Sheltered Harbor at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Alliance Partners

Sheltered Harbor has engaged several advisory and/or assurance firms as Alliance Partners to help participants with implementation.

We will continue to expand relationships with assurance and advisory firms in an effort to support the market with a broad menu of options, so keep checking for updates.

Deloitte

Advisory

John Gelline

Managing Director, Cyber Risk Services

571-271-6078

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